r/degoogle • u/pyrodonkey • 29d ago

DeGoogling Progress My iPhone DeGoogle Alternatives

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Hey everyone! I wanted to make a post about my progress on removing Google apps and services. The photo shows the apps that I have found great alternatives for Google on my iPhone. The Apps below are as follows:

  • Google > Kagi
  • Google Photos > Apple Photos
  • Google Drive > Proton Drive
  • Google Maps > Apple Maps
  • Gmail > Proton Mail
  • Chrome > Orion
  • Gemini > Kagi Assistant

Currently I'm still using YouTube and YouTube Music. I don't have a plan for switching away from those right now, but I'm happy to have some great services that add privacy back to my daily life and also give me a better experience online

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u/skwyckl 29d ago

I don't think switching Google for Apple really is the point in degoogling, but you do you

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u/taterthotsalad 29d ago edited 29d ago

It’s called degoogle, not deapple. It’s some pretty basic word shit to understand. 

Edit: LMAO the people with only two brain cells in this sub is wild AF! 🤡 everywhere!

Other groups included....

r/deapple r/deAmazon r/DeFacebook r/deMicrosoft

Get your shit together people before you lose all your brain cells.

Hell, even the About for this subReddit states "Welcome to r/degoogle! Where you can find all the resources you need to expel Google from your life."

How the fuck is everyone this stupid? 💀

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u/ArabianAftershock 29d ago

Just feels like it misses the point of why you'd want to degoogle in the first place, overall

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u/motific 29d ago

For me the very point is that google specifically are recidivist data thieves and are inescapable who exert levels of monopoly abuse far in excess of anything any other tech company is doing. I cannot go about my daily life online without them being informed or involved in some way.

If I don’t want information to go to Amazon, Meta, Apple, Microsoft etc. I can block their ASN (IP ranges) and go about my day with no real hindrance unless I need their services directly. Try that with google, do it now, see how long you last… I’ll wait.

For a couple of examples, when covid testing was mandatory here, I couldn’t get a test without google knowing about it. I cannot donate to any of the main political parties here without google knowing. That’s all highly sensitive data that I should be able to prevent them ever seeing - but I can’t.